Concerts

The Friends Folk Club Concert Series welcomes singers Barry Lee and Charlie Zahm to The Oxford Friends Meetinghouse on Friday, March 22 at 7:30 p.m. Barry Lee and Charlie Zahm will be performing music from The War Between The States — both North and South. The Oxford Friends Meeting is locateda at 260 S. 3rd St. Oxford. Doors open at 7 p.m. and starts at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $12 for adults and $10 for senior citizens (65+) students (13-21) Children 12 and under are free. Refreshments are available. Proceeds from the evening events will benefit the George Fox Friends School. For more information call 610-593-7122.

Spring Fling Oldies Spectacular on March 23 features Eddie Holman, The Crystals, The Tymes and The Dupress. Concert Emcee is Father Jim “the Doo-wop Priest” Drucker. Reserved seating is $55. General admission is $45. After Concert DJ Dance Party is $5. The concert begins at 6 p.m. at the Davenport Performing Arts Center at Pottstown Senior High School, 750 North Washington Street, Pottstown. Doors open at 5 p.m. For more information, call Tim Coyle at 610-306-9361.

Select members of the Kennett Symphony Children’s Chorus, with soloist baritone Randall Scarlata, will perform excerpts from original compositions inspired by poems based on Andrew Wyeth paintings at the Brandywine River Museum on March 23. The composer, Van Stiefel, a professor of music at West Chester University, set to music three poems written by David Livewell. The poems, from Livewell’s book of poems “Woven Light,” are based on Andrew Wyeth’s “Roasted Chestnuts” (1956), “Me” (2007) and “The Big Room” (1981). All three poems suggest themes central to both Wyeth’s work and to the music created. According to Dr. Stiefel, these are “childhood’s presence in the adult’s life; art practice as an inter-generational shared experience and landscape as a locus of memory.” “Roasted Chestnuts,” which symbolizes isolation and loneliness, is on view in the Andrew Wyeth gallery. The Big Room depicts the living room of the N.C. Wyeth home where Andrew grew up. “Me” is one of the last tempera paintings created by Wyeth.This innovative body of work is the culmination of a Community Partners’ Project between the Kennett Symphony Children’s Chorus and the American Composers’ Forum, Philadelphia Chapter. The program is free for members and included in museum admission.Brandywine River Museum, located on U.S. Route 1 in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, is open daily (except Christmas Day) from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Admission is $12 for adults; $8 for seniors ages 65 and over, $6 for students and children ages 6-12; free for children under six and Brandywine Conservancy members. Museum admission is free on Sunday mornings from 9:30 a.m. to noon through November 24 (except May 26 during the Annual Antiques Show).

Welcome the return of spring and all things beautiful with the Delaware Valley Opera Company at Bella Notte, an evening dedicated to what the Italians do best: music, food and wine in the second-floor recital space at Cunningham Piano Company. The evening’s singers include mezzo-soprano Claire Binek, soprano Priscilla Coblentz-Cohen, soprano Emily Eisen, soprano Suzanne Garace, tenor Tim Oliver, and tenor Doug Rowland. The evening begins at 8 p.m. on March 23 at Cunningham Piano Company, 5427 Germantown Ave., 19144. Tickets are $15 per person. There is ample street parking available. For more information about the Delaware Valley Opera Company, visit www.dvopera.org.

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On Sunday, March 24 at 3 pm, the Guest Artist Series at Haverford College presents renowned pianist Peter Serkin. His all-Beethoven program includes: 11 Bagatelles, Op 119, Sonata in A flat Major, Op. 110, 6 Bagatelles, Op. 126, and Sonata in E flat Major, Op. 81a “Les Adieux”. This concert will be held in Roberts Hall, Marshall Auditorium on the Haverford College Campus at 370 Lancaster Avenue in Haverford, PA. Ticket prices are $15 (Gen), $12 (Sr), $8 (Stu) and $5 (Child ages 7 – 17). For more information, call 610-896-1011 or www.haverford.edu/music/events.

Music in the Cemetary on March 30. Easter-Eve Vespers at Grove United Methodist begin with a Dixieland Band playing in Grove cemetery at 4 p.m. and leading the procession to the sanctuary of Grove Church. Dramatic readings follow, led by Pastor Bron Yocum. The community is invited to join this (free) event, which lasts about an hour. Grove United Methodist Church Church and cemetery are at 490 West Boot Road in West Goshen. For directions see www.grovechurch.org or call 610 696 2663.

The smooth, rich sounds of multi-Dove Award-winning and Grammy nominated recording artist, The Martins will be featured along with the inspiring comedy of Ken Davis in Lancaster. This event will begin at 7p.m.The Martins and Ken Davis will share their enouraging message of hope, faith and grace in this special evening in Lancaster at Calvary Church, located at 1051 Landis Valley Road, on Friday, April 5 at 7p.m. More information is available by calling 877-392-9710, or visiting www.imcconcerts.com.

On April 20, Eric Kearns will wrap up the Saturday Evening Concert Series winter/spring season of The Bryn Mawr Mainliners Men’s Chorus with his “Voices of Legends” program. Concert begins at 7 p.m. in the chapel at Garden Spot Village, 433 S. Kinzer Ave. The concerts are free and open to the public. Donations will be accepted at the door. For more information, call 717-355-6000.

The Ursinus College Meistersingers will present a concert March 23 at 7:30 p.m. in Bomberger Auditorium. John French conducts a varied program with pieces by Arthur Sullivan, Michael Harris, Maurice Durufle, Antonion Lotti, Carl Ruggles, and Hans Leo Hassler. The select singing choir also will present three mountain ballads, as well as Shenandoah and Deep River, and three pieces by Duke Ellington. Ursinus College is located at 610 E. Main Street, Collegeville, 19426. For more information, go to www.ursinus.edu.

Academy of Music, (kimmelcenter.org, 215-893-1999): Emmylou Harris returns to Philadelphia for one night only performance at the Academy of Music on March 26, 2013 at 8 p.m. with Rodney Crowell and Richard Thompson Electric Trio

Susquehanna Bank Center, Camden, N.J.: Lynyrd Skynyrd and Bad Company have announced a co-headline tour that takes the bands coast-to-coast for 12 dates, including a stop at Susquehanna Bank Center on Wednesday, July 17. Tickets for this event went on sale Friday, March 15 and will be available at Ticketmaster.com. Jimmy Buffet (June 25), Victoria Justice (July 16)